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| Great Musgrave School, Great Musgrave | ||
| Great Musgrave School | ||
| Great Musgrave Free School | ||
| locality:- | Langrigg | |
| civil parish:- | Musgrave (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | school (ex) | |
| coordinates:- | NY76961445 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7614 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY71 | |
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 BSQ59.jpg (taken 30.4.2010)  BSQ60.jpg Plaque:- "GREAT MUSGRAVE / FREE SCHOOL / ENDOWED BY THE / REVEREND / SEPTIMUS COLLINSON. D.D. / PROVOST OF / QUEENS COLLEGE. OXFORD. / ERECTED BY / VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS / A.D. 1828." (taken 30.4.2010) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 16 14) placename:- Great Musgrave School |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Great Musgrave School (Endowed)" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "SCHOOL / / / MUSGRAVE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73026 / NY7697314445" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "House with attached schoolroom, built at right-angles to road. Dated 1828 on plaque to eastern gable end. Coursed, squared rubble with quoins. 2 storey, 3 bay (symmetrical) house has graduated slate roof with stone copings, kneelers and end chimneys. Doorway to central gabled porch has pointed head and hoodmould; single tall cross-window to either side has reduced height version above, flanking central trompe l'oeil window. Single storey schoolroom to east has graduated slate roof with brick end chimney. Central porch and 2 tall windows to either side are same as house, but door is C20 part-glazed. All windows have chamfered stone surrounds, square heads, hoodmoulds and label stops." |
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| notes:- |
Closed 1980. |
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